Acer Predator 17 G9-793-79V5 Hyper-V

Squatta

Does the BIOS in this laptop allow Hyper-V? I was locked out of my previous system's BIOS and was unable to fully utilize VirtualBox, so I was wondering if this BIOS would allow for Hyper-V. Any help would be appreciated.

IronFly

Most of recent Acer laptop models support both Hyper-V and VT-x* (not AMD CPU models), they are both enabled even if those options are hidden on BIOS.
If your laptop has an Intel CPU, you can check if you CPU/system supports virtualization instructions, using Intel Processor Identification Utility:
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/7838
If your laptop has an AMD CPU, you can check if your CPU/system supports virtualisation instructions, using AMD Virtualization™ Technology and Microsoft® Hyper-V™ System Compatibility Check Utility
http://download.amd.com/techdownloads/AMD-VwithRVI_Hyper-V_CompatibilityUtility.zip

Devices using Windows 10 Home will need to upgrade home to Windows 10 Professional or Enterprise to use Hyper-V. Windows 10 requirements can be found here:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyperv_on_windows/quick_start/walkthrough_compatibility

* If Hyper-V is ON, VT-x will not be available; Hyper-V must be OFF to have VT-x recognised by virtual machines.

Turn OFF Hyper-V
Open a Command prompt with administrative rights (Admin)
type
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off
exit

Reboot your OS

or

Go to Control Panel -> Programs -> Programs and Features -> click Turn Windows features on or off -> un-check Hyper-V -> click OK

Turn ON Hyper-V

Open a Command prompt with administrative rights (Admin)
type
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto
exit

Reboot your OS

or

Go to Control Panel -> Programs -> Programs and Features -> click Turn Windows features on or off -> check Hyper-V -> click OK

Acer provides related information in this FAQ: http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/32650

IronFly

Most of recent Acer laptop models support both Hyper-V and VT-x* (not AMD CPU models), they are both enabled even if those options are hidden on BIOS.
If your laptop has an Intel CPU, you can check if you CPU/system supports virtualization instructions, using Intel Processor Identification Utility:
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/7838
If your laptop has an AMD CPU, you can check if your CPU/system supports virtualisation instructions, using AMD Virtualization™ Technology and Microsoft® Hyper-V™ System Compatibility Check Utility
http://download.amd.com/techdownloads/AMD-VwithRVI_Hyper-V_CompatibilityUtility.zip

Devices using Windows 10 Home will need to upgrade home to Windows 10 Professional or Enterprise to use Hyper-V. Windows 10 requirements can be found here:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyperv_on_windows/quick_start/walkthrough_compatibility

* If Hyper-V is ON, VT-x will not be available; Hyper-V must be OFF to have VT-x recognised by virtual machines.

Turn OFF Hyper-V
Open a Command prompt with administrative rights (Admin)
type
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off
exit

Reboot your OS

or

Go to Control Panel -> Programs -> Programs and Features -> click Turn Windows features on or off -> un-check Hyper-V -> click OK

Turn ON Hyper-V

Open a Command prompt with administrative rights (Admin)
type
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto
exit

Reboot your OS

or

Go to Control Panel -> Programs -> Programs and Features -> click Turn Windows features on or off -> check Hyper-V -> click OK

Acer provides related information in this FAQ: http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/32650